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What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

Cesar Chavez

It’s amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation of the environment with pesticides, hunger, disease.
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Excitement Moon People
What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.
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Dignity Himself Human Respect
You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.
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Oppression Scare Yourself
In the final analysis it doesn’t really matter what the political system is. We don’t need perfect political systems; we need perfect participation.
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Need Perfection Politics
We need to help students and parents cherish and preserve the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes and strengthens this community – and this nation.
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Community Help Nation Need Parents Strength Student
If we are full of hatred, we can’t really do our work. Hatred saps all that strength and energy we need to plan.
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Hate Planning Strength
Only when we have become nonviolent towards all life will we have learned to live well with others.
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Learning Life Live Violence
I am an organizer, not a union leader. A good organizer has to work hard and long. There are no shortcuts. You just keep talking to people, working with them, sharing, exchanging and they come along.
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Leadership Myself People Talk
The people united will never be defeated.
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Defeat People True Unity
When a man or woman, young, or old, takes a place on the picket line for even a day or two, he will never be the same again.
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Himself Man Place Woman
True wealth is not measured in money or status or power. It is measured in the legacy we leave behind for those we love and those we inspire.
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Inspirational Love Money Power True Wealth
Violence just hurts those who are already hurt. Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.
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Hurt Oppression Violence
In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.
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Deep Violence
Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed.
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Beginning Change Revolution
Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.
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Challenge Greatness Hope Humanity Myself Worth
It takes a lot of punishment to be able to do anything to change the social order.
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Change Punishment

What is at stake is human dignity. If a man is not accorded respect he cannot respect himself and if he does not respect himself, he cannot demand it.

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